|
Sixteen-member GES Council inaugurated
Accra, Aug. 26, GNA – Mr. Alex Tettey-Enyo,
Minister of Education on Wednesday called on members of the
Ghana Education Service (GES) Council to deal with the
numerous challenges facing the educational system
expeditiously.
The challenges include funding, industrial actions, transfer
of heads of schools, promotions, supervision and
indiscipline.
Mr. Tetteh-Enyo made the call when inaugurating a 16-member
GES Council in Accra.
He noted that following the reversion of the duration of the
Senior High School System from four to three years, the task
ahead of the members included the recommendation of policies
that would improve quality and relevance, the efficiency of
secondary education and training.
The Council has Professor Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi,
Acherensuahene, as Chairman.
Also on the Committee are, Mr. Robert Atuguba, Ms Cecilia
Pomari, Nene Sackitey II, Mr. Francis Kojo Arthur, Ms
Margaret Martey, and Mrs. Janet Ampadu-Fofie.
Other members are Mr. Godwin Sowah, Most Reverend Philip
Naameh, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Dr Regina O.
Adutwum, and Mr. Mohammed Amir Kpakpo Addo. The rest are
Professor Paul Noble Buatsi, Mr. Samuel Bannerman Mensah, Mr
Paul Mensah and Alhaji Salifu Seidu.
Mr. Tetteh-Enyo said in view of the special focus of
government on technical and vocational education for the
nation, a Committee on Technical and Vocational Education
had been established to guide policy makers and sensitize
the public on the radical transformation of technical and
vocational training, and called for collaboration between
stakeholders.
He called on the members to adhere to the values of
independence, objectivity, pro-activeness, cooperation,
efficiency and transparency that had characterized
deliberations of the previous council and uphold the ideals
in the discharge of their mandate.
Prof. Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi, said members were expected to
institute measures to ensure qualitative and quantitative
education for Ghanaians.
GNA |
